Harness attachment.



No. 672,262. Patented Apr. 16, IBM. 0. A. DEAN & C. H. ADREAN.

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(Application filed Nov. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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ORANGE ARMSTRONG DEAN AND CHARLES HOOK ADREAN, OF TOULON, ILLINOIS; SAID DEAN ASSIGNOR TO SAID ADREAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,262, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed November 16, 1900. Serial No. 36,718. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ORANGE ARMSTRONG DEAN and ORARLEs HooK ADREAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Toulon, in the county of Stark and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Harness Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device for holding a checkrein engaged with the gig-saddle and also for holding the pad in place.

This specification is a specific disclosure of several forms of our invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in vention in use with a pad applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device attached to the pad. Fig. 4 is a reduced view of the device modified to for use when the pad is dispensed with, and Fig. 5 is a view of the device shown in Fig. 4 in use with the gig-saddle.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a represents the gig-saddle, and b the pad, which is placed under the gig-saddle in the usual manner. 0 represents the checkrein, and d the backstrap, the checkrein being engaged with the check-hook a of the gig-saddle.

Our device, as shown in the figures mentioned, consists in a leather or other strap having a shank or body part c secured by sewing or otherwise to the top of the pad and located, therefore, under the gig-saddle. Projecting forwardly from the shank part c is a loop f, and within this loop is a tab g, provided with an orifice g. The parts 2, f, and g are all constructed of one piece of material suitably cut or stamped, as shown. The rear end of the attachment projects beyond the pad and has an eye or slot h therein. The

shank 6 being attached to the pad, the tab 9 is turned up and the check-hook is passed through the opening g in the tab, thus holding the device firmly engaged with the checkhook and preventing the displacement of the pad b. The checkrein 0 should then be passed through the loop f and engaged with the checkhook at, thereby preventing the displacement of the checkrein. The back-strap d is engaged with the gig-saddle and also with the eye 76. (See Fig. 2.) By this arrangement the pad is held in place, and, further, the checkrein is prevented from becoming disengaged from the check-hook.

When no pad is to be used, the tab g may be dispensed with, producing the form of the attachment shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This form of the device is used by engaging the loop f with the checkrein and the eye It with the back-strap d. The back-strap is also engaged with the gig-saddle in the usual manner, and this form of the attachment 6 therefore is supported at its front end by the checkrein and at its rear end by the back-strap.

The attachment may be manufactured in one form or the other, as desired, or if a person having the attachment furnished with the tab g desires to useit Without the pad Z) that person may simply cut ofi the tab g, producing, essentially, the device shown in. Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a gig-saddle provided with a check-hook, and a flexible strap lying under the gig-saddle and comprising a shank provided at one end with a loop capable of being bent upward to receive the checkrein and at the other end with an eye capable of being bent upward to engage the back-strap.

2. The combination of a gig-saddle having a check-hook, a back-strap engaged with the saddle, a checkrein adapted to engage the check-hook, a pad lying under the saddle, and a flexible strap fastened to the pad under the gig-saddle, the rear end of the strap being adapted to engage with the back-strap and the front end of the strap having a loop adapted to receive the checkrein and also having an orificed tab engaged with the check-hook.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORANGE ARMSTRONG DEAN. CHARLES HOOK ADREAN.

Witnesses:

J. I. NEWTON, PETER MCCORMICK. 

